The term "Palestinian" is itself a masterful
twisting of history. To portray themselves as indigenous, Arab settlers adopted
the name of an ancient Mediterranean tribe, the Philistines (“Invaders” in
Hebrew), that disappeared over almost 3000 years ago. The connection between
this tribe and modern day Arabs is nil. Romans, in order to conceal their shame
and anger with rebellious regions, changed the references to Judea and Samaria
by naming them Palestine.
1. Nationhood
and Jerusalem - Israel became a nation in the 14th century BCE. Two thousand
years before the rise of Islam.
2. Since
1272 BCE the Jews have had dominion over the land for up to 1,000 years with a
continuous Jewish presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
3. The
only Arab dominion since the Arab invasion and conquest in 635 C.E. lasted no
more than 22 years.
4. King
David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.
5. For
over 3,000 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never
been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians
occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital and Arab leaders
did not come to visit.
6. Jerusalem
is mentioned over 700 times in the Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures.
Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran.
7. Jews
pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray facing Mecca (often with their backs toward
Jerusalem).
8. In
1854, according to a report in the New York Tribune, Jews constituted
two-thirds of the population of that holy city. (The source: A journalist on
assignment in the Middle East that year for the Tribune. His name was Karl
Marx. Yes, that Karl Marx.)
9. In
1867, Mark Twain took a tour of Palestine. This is how he described that land:
A desolate country whose soil is rich enough but is given over wholly to weeds.
A silent, mournful expanse. We never saw a human.
10. In
1882, official Ottoman Turk census figures showed that, in the entire Land of
Israel, there were only 141 000 Muslims, both Arab and non-Arab.
11. A
travel guide to Palestine and Syria was published in 1906 by Karl Baedeker. The
book estimated the total population of Jerusalem at 60,000, of whom 7,000 were
Muslims, 13,000 were Christians and 40,000 were Jews.
12. As
the Jews came and drained the swamps and made the deserts bloom, Arabs
followed. They came for jobs, for prosperity, for freedom. And they came in
large numbers.
13. In
1922 with what was widely acknowledged as the illegal attempt to separate
Trans-Jordan – on the east side of the Jordan river, the Jews were forbidden to
settle in almost 77% of the British Mandate of Palestine, while Arab settlement
went unrestricted and encouraged by the British mandatory authority.
14. Prior
to the Second World War Mojli Amin, a member of the Arab Defense Committee for
Palestine, proposed the idea "that all the Arabs of Palestine will
leave and be divided up amongst the neighbouring Arab countries. In exchange
for this, all the Jews living in Arab countries will leave and come to
Palestine."
15. Did
you know that Saudi Arabia was not created until 1913, Lebanon until 1920? Iraq
did not exist as a nation until 1932, Syria until 1941; the borders of Jordan
were established in 1946, in violation to Articles of the Palestinian Mandate,
and Kuwait in 1961. Any of these nations that would say Israel is only a recent
arrival would have to deny their own rights as recent arrivals as well. They
did not exist as countries. They were all under the control of the
Turks. Over 80% of the original British Mandate land was given to Arabs
without population transfer of Arabs from the land designated for Jews.
16. In
1947, the Jewish state huddled on 18% of the original British Mandate land. The
Jews accepted it gratefully. The Arabs rejected it with a vengeance and seven
Arab states immediately declared war against Israel.
17. In
1948, the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders
promising to purge the land of Jews. Most of them left in fear of being killed
by their own Arab brothers as traitors.
18. Some
850,000 Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab countries, due to
Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.
19. The
number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is claimed to be around 630,000
(where did they get this number?). Based on the population census,
the estimated number of Arabs who left Israel was around 460,000. They
were ordered to leave by Arab leaders at the time.
20. From
1948 to 1967 Arabs made no attempt to create a Palestinian state. Under
Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated, 58 synagogues in Jerusalem
were destroyed and the Jews and Christians were denied access to places of
worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved
and made accessible to people of all faiths.
21. Arabs
began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in only in 1964,
on the initiative of Egyptian-born Yasser Arafat. The idea became a popular
Arab propaganda tool after Israel re-captured Judea, Samaria and Gaza in the
defensive 6-Day War of 1967.
22. Out
of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, Arab-Palestinians are the only
refugee group in the world that has never been absorbed or integrated into
their own peoples' lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel.
23. Arab
refugees INTENTIONALLY were not absorbed or integrated by the rich Arab oil
states that control 99.9 percent of the Middle East landmass. They are kept as
virtual prisoners by the Arab power brokers with misplaced hatred for Jews and
Western democracy.
24. There
is only one Jewish state. There are some 50 Muslim countries, including 22 Arab
nations.
25. The
PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel.
26. Pan-Arabism
or the doctrine of Muslim Caliphate declares that all land that used to belong
to Muslims must be returned to them. Thus, Spain, for example must eventually
be re-conquered.
For the full Shamrak Report article see below.
The Shamrak Report | Defending Israel and Promoting Jewish Zionist Ideals
